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...modern Socrates who originated the idea is a former Boston newspaperman, Bert Turnquist. In the late thirties he established the first School for Dogs, but soon after the outbreak of war Washington called him to head the instructional staff of the Army's canine corps. For his highly successful method of training dogs for war duty, he received a special citation. At the end of the war, he returned to Boston to re-establish "Canine College" under the name of the American Dog Training Association...
From the start it seemed that everyone who owned a dog wanted the animal to attend Mr. Turnquist's school. To satisfy the demand, he had to open two schools. One took care of the day students, while the other handled boarders. Now he takes pups in kindergarten and carries them on through a college course. For those who cannot attend day or boarding school, there are night classes. He has even started a Dog School Bus--the only one of its kind in the country...
Resourceful Mr. Turnquist seems to produce a solution for every problem. The most common difficulty, of course, is housebreaking. He remembers a gentleman who bought a small pup at the same time he was refurnishing his house with new carpets. The first day he came home, he found a small wet spot in the middle of the new living room rug. Seizing the quivering dog, he threw it out the window. Luckily, the window was on the first floor and the dog was unhurt. When the man returned the second day, he discovered a new puddle. Outraged, he again tossed...
...school in Jamaica Plain, Turnquist handled the housebreaking a little differently. Reasoning that a dog is basically a clean animal, he developed a glorified barrel-doghouse and called it Kanine Kastle. The dog was confined to the barrel except for short walks at regular intervals. Faced with the prospect of living and sleeping in any mess he made, the dog quickly adjusted his system to a normal routine...
Regardless of his personal success in training dogs, Turnquist believes the major influence in making a canine a good citizen is his own master's "sympathetic understanding." The College's most popular class, called "Training You," emphasizes the education of the dog owner. Despite all the elaborate tricks and theories involved in training canines, the individual master is still the most important element...